Synonyms of exacts

exacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of exact

1

as in demands

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

every war inevitably exacts the greatest sacrifice possible from some of the nation's best and brightest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demands
• requires
• requests
• commands
• claims
• wants
• asks
• enjoins
• insists (on)
• presses (for)
• needs
• stipulates (for)
• calls (for)
• takes
• imposes
• necessitates
• clamors (for)
• quests
• warrants
• pleads (for)
• cries (for)
• requisitions
• harasses
• hounds
• badgers
• duns

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yields
• surrenders
• gives up
• relinquishes

2

as in imposes

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty

vowed to exact a heavy fine from any hockey player engaging in such outrageous behavior on the ice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imposes
• charges
• fines
• levies
• puts
• assesses
• lays
• extorts
• inflicts
• penalizes
• taxes
• compels
• excises
• coerces
• forces
• wrings
• wreaks
• mulcts
• wrests
• bleeds
• docks
• gouges
• milks
• squeezes
• shakes down
• relays
• skins
• reapplies
• sets
• fleeces
• reimposes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diminishes
• lessens
• remits
• abates
• ignores
• forgives
• disregards
• releases
• condones
• excuses
• glosses (over)
• pardons
• glozes (over)

3

as in extorts

to get (as money) by the use of force or threats

that loan shark can be counted upon to exact repayment of his loan by whatever means necessary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extorts
• squeezes
• wrings
• coerces
• wrests
• forces
• compels
• bleeds
• milks
• gouges
• swindles
• cheats
• fleeces
• skins
• racketeers